Exome sequence analysis at UPMC Hamot
201 State Street, Erie, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1487647590
$7,800.00
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$13,000.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$1,950.00 with Univera vs $14,656.03 with Highmark BCBS of PA — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Univera | Univera_Medicare_Hamot_2024 | $1,950.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $3,031.41 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $3,250.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $3,824.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna | NBR ASO/FI | $3,900.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $3,900.00 | ↓ -50% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $4,206.40 | ↓ -46% |
| Univera | Commercial | $4,290.00 | ↓ -45% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $4,397.60 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Medicaid | $4,588.80 | ↓ -41% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $4,724.17 | ↓ -39% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $4,780.00 | ↓ -39% |
| Fidelis | Medicare | $4,780.00 | ↓ -39% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $4,784.00 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $4,875.60 | ↓ -37% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $4,879.42 | ↓ -37% |
| Independent Health | Commercial | $4,923.40 | ↓ -37% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $4,923.40 | ↓ -37% |
| Independent Health | Medicare Advantage | $4,923.40 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $5,019.00 | ↓ -36% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $5,114.60 | ↓ -34% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $5,161.92 | ↓ -34% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $5,162.40 | ↓ -34% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $5,162.40 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $5,162.40 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna | EBR | $5,200.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $5,200.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $5,314.98 | ↓ -32% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $5,670.99 | ↓ -27% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $5,969.65 | ↓ -23% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $6,516.86 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Commercial | $6,548.47 | ↓ -16% |
| InterGroup | Health Coalition Partners/PPO | $8,450.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | AXA/MMO | $9,100.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $9,100.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity/Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care/Managed Care - Social Mission | $9,160.10 | ↑ +17% |
| Multiplan | Complimentary Network Rate (Includes Multiplan as Payer) | $10,400.00 | ↑ +33% |
| InterGroup | Beech Street | $10,400.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $14,656.03 | ↑ +88% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Exome sequence analysis at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $7,800.00 | $3,060.27 – $6,516.86 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $5,002.20 | $3,060.27 – $5,952.82 |